Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Project
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 48 47
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 6 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.57% 0.52% 1.14%
As % of the Applications category 16.67% 28.57% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £341 £269 £336
25th Percentile £352 £288 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £325 £360
Median % change year-on-year +19.69% -9.72% -15.29%
75th Percentile £413 £363 -
90th Percentile £415 £381 -
South West median daily rate £725 £320 £425
% change year-on-year +126.56% -24.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - £36.00

All Software Application Skills
Gloucestershire

Microsoft Project falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 36 7 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 9.42% 1.82% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 10
10th Percentile £181 £281 £309
25th Percentile £201 £319 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -26.19% +121.05%
75th Percentile £442 £416 £597
90th Percentile £475 £429 £600
South West median daily rate £550 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +57.03% -22.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 20
10th Percentile £44.40 - £32.18
25th Percentile £88.75 - -
Median hourly rate £195.00 - £48.72
75th Percentile £197.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year -69.83% +60.12% -27.94%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tewkesbury - 4 - - 1
Cheltenham - 1 £367 - 3
Microsoft Project
South West

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 4 (66.67%) Logistics Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Control Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Logistics
1 4 (66.67%) Order Management
1 4 (66.67%) Planning and Forecasting
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) APMP
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft